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2001 German Formula Three Championship

The 2001 German Formula Three Championship (German: 2001 Deutsche Formel-3-Meisterschaft) was a multi-event motor racing championship for single-seat open wheel formula racing cars that held across Europe. The championship featured drivers competing in two-litre Formula Three racing cars built by Dallara which conform to the technical regulations, or formula, for the championship. It commenced on 21 April at Hockenheim and ended at the same place on 6 October after ten double-header rounds.

Opel Team BSR driver Toshihiro Kaneishi became the first and only Japanese champion and the first champion from Asia. He clinched the title, winning races at Norisring and A1-Ring. Stefan Mücke finished as runner-up with wins at Nürburgring and Hockenheim, losing just four points to Kaneishi. Frank Diefenbacher and Pierre Kaffer both won four races to end the season third and fourth in the drivers' standings. Markus Winkelhock won Rookie title and three races. The other race winners was Gary Paffett, João Paulo de Oliveira, Kosuke Matsuura and Björn Wirdheim.

All drivers competed in Dallara chassis and used Yokohama tyres; model listed.

Team	.mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}No.	Driver	Chassis	Engine	Status	Rounds
Opel Team KMS	1	Robert Lechner	F301/016	Opel		1–3
Ronnie Quintarelli	R	5–8
Wagner Ebrahim		9
2	Giuseppe Burlotti	F301/010	R	1–3
Ronnie Quintarelli	R	4
Jaroslav Janiš	R	5–10
ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg	5	Markus Winkelhock	F301/001	Opel	R	All
6	Stefan Mücke	F301/006		All
Opel Team BSR	7	Bernhard Auinger	F399/023	Opel		All
8	Toshihiro Kaneishi	F300/028		All
9	Frank Diefenbacher	F301/010		All
Prema Powerteam	10	Kosuke Matsuura	F301/009	Opel	R	All
11	Björn Wirdheim	F301/024		All
16	Ryan Briscoe	F399/037		7
GM Motorsport	12	Phil Giebler	F301/007	Toyota		1–3
Nicolas Kiesa		5–10
14	Tony Schmidt	F301/026		All
15	Hannes Lachinger	F301/031	R	All
MOL — Trella Motorsport	17	Zsolt Baumgartner	F300/012	Opel		1–9
Van Amersfoort Racing	18	Marc Caldonazzi	F300/050	Opel		1–5
André Fibier		6
Allan Simonsen	R	7–10
19	Marco du Pau	F399/058		1–6
JB Motorsport	20	Nicolas Stelandre	F399/003	Opel		1–6
Robert Doornbos		8–10
21	Tom van Bavel	F399/041		All
Team Kolles Racing	22	Kimmo Liimatainen	F300/026	Mugen-Honda	R	All
23	Pierre Kaffer	F300/013		All
Swiss Racing Team	24	Andrew Kirkaldy	F399/054	Opel		1
Kari Maenpaa		2–9
Gilles Tinguely		10
25	João Paulo de Oliveira	F399/068		All
Team Rosberg	26	Gary Paffett	F301/014	Opel		All
27	Laurent Delahaye	F301/015	Renault		All
Josef Kaufmann Racing	28	Thomas Riethmüller	F300/041	Opel	R	1–8, 10
Cram Competition	31	Matteo Grassotto	F301/032	Opel		1–7
Mark Mayall		9
32	Raffaele Giammaria	F301/003		All
Palfinger F3 Racing Team	33	Norbert Siedler	F300/011	Opel		All
Petutschnig Engineering	34	Sven Heidfeld	F399/009	Opel		1–2
35	Clemens Stadler	F300/019		1
CCT Racing	36	Marco Schärf	F300/023	Opel		All
Franz Wöss Racing	37	Clemens Stadler	F399/021	Opel		9
Team Ghinzani	98	Gottfried Grasser	F300/029	Mugen-Honda	R	All
99	Fabrizio del Monte	F300/025	R	All
R	Rookie

With the exception of round at A1-Ring in Austria, all rounds took place on German soil.

Round	Location	Circuit	Date
Hockenheim, Germany	Hockenheimring	21 April	AvD/MAC-Rennsportfestival
22 April
Nürburg, Germany	Nürburgring	5 May	63. ADAC Eifelrennen
6 May
Oschersleben, Germany	Motorsport Arena Oschersleben	19 May	ADAC-Preis der Tourenwagen von "Sachsen-Anhalt"
20 May
Saxony, Germany	Sachsenring	16 June	ADAC-Rundstreckenrennen Sachsenring
17 June
Nuremberg, Germany	Norisring	7 July	59. Norisring Speedweekend
8 July
Hockenheim, Germany	Hockenheimring	28 July	German Grand Prix
29 July
Klettwitz, Germany	EuroSpeedway Lausitz	11 August	ADAC-Rundstreckenrennen Lausitz 200
12 August
Nürburg, Germany	Nürburgring	25 August	ADAC Großer Preis der Tourenwagen
26 August
Spielberg, Austria	A1-Ring	8 September	ADAC Rundstreckenrennen A1-Ring
9 September
Hockenheim, Germany	Hockenheimring	6 October	DMV-Preis Hockenheim
7 October

Round	Circuit	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver
Hockenheimring	Frank Diefenbacher	Frank Diefenbacher	Frank Diefenbacher	Opel Team BSR
Frank Diefenbacher	Frank Diefenbacher	Frank Diefenbacher	Opel Team BSR
Nürburgring	Pierre Kaffer	Pierre Kaffer	Pierre Kaffer	Team Kolles Racing
Frank Diefenbacher	Stefan Mücke	Stefan Mücke	ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg
Motorsport Arena Oschersleben	Markus Winkelhock	Gary Paffett	Gary Paffett	Team Rosberg
Toshihiro Kaneishi	Toshihiro Kaneishi	Pierre Kaffer	Team Kolles Racing
Sachsenring	Toshihiro Kaneishi	Kosuke Matsuura	Markus Winkelhock	ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg
João Paulo de Oliveira	Toshihiro Kaneishi	Pierre Kaffer	Team Kolles Racing
Norisring	Pierre Kaffer	Gary Paffett	Frank Diefenbacher	Opel Team BSR
Pierre Kaffer	Pierre Kaffer	Toshihiro Kaneishi	Opel Team BSR
Hockenheimring	João Paulo de Oliveira	Tony Schmidt	João Paulo de Oliveira	Swiss Racing Team
João Paulo de Oliveira	Stefan Mücke	Kosuke Matsuura	Prema Powerteam
EuroSpeedway Lausitz	Frank Diefenbacher	Markus Winkelhock	Markus Winkelhock	ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg
Frank Diefenbacher	Frank Diefenbacher	Frank Diefenbacher	Opel Team BSR
Nürburgring	Björn Wirdheim	Björn Wirdheim	Björn Wirdheim	Prema Powerteam
Pierre Kaffer	Markus Winkelhock	Pierre Kaffer	Team Kolles Racing
A1-Ring	Markus Winkelhock	João Paulo de Oliveira	Toshihiro Kaneishi	Opel Team BSR
Björn Wirdheim	Toshihiro Kaneishi	Björn Wirdheim	Prema Powerteam
Hockenheimring	Gary Paffett	Markus Winkelhock	Markus Winkelhock	ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg
Stefan Mücke	Nicolas Kiesa	Stefan Mücke	ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg

† — Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.

	Driver	Points
Markus Winkelhock
Kosuke Matsuura
Hannes Lachinger
Kimmo Liimatainen
Jaroslav Janiš
Ronnie Quintarelli
Fabrizio del Monte
Giuseppe Burlotti
Gottfried Grasser
Allan Simonsen
Thomas Riethmüller

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